Midterms show educators have been swept into office in record numbers

In Arizona, where more than 70,000 teachers and their supporters held a protest in April, educators made big gains at the ballot box.A new wave of teachers’ strikes could soon hit US schools, with educators in Chicago and Los Angeles considering walkouts.Across the country, in Arizona, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, teachers made huge gains in the midterm elections – a movement that grew out of the #RedforEd campaign that saw teachers protesting across the country to reverse years of conser